Eugene Martin “Gene” Langley Jr. of Raleigh died January 11, 2016. A former
president of Resource Management Associates in Raleigh, Langley was president
of the Alumni Association in the early 2000s and was credited with helping
gather momentum for the construction of the Dorothy and Roy Park Alumni
Center. Langley began his studies at NC State but eventually graduated from
UNC-Chapel Hill with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He also
served as chairman of the NC State Foundation and was recognized in 2005

with the Alumni Association Meritorious Service Award.

Oliver T. “Tom” Hayes III ’ 65 of Norwalk, Conn.,
died Dec. 10, 2015. A former advertising executive,
he is credited with originating the campaign for
Oreo cookies that used the phrase, “For the kid in
all of us.” He also created a syndicated television
series in the early 1990s called Witness to Survival,
a show chronicling unusual stories of survival.